How to make use of USRowing’s weekly webinar series

USRowing release treasure trove of rowing knowledge

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Published 15.05.20

USRowing has launched a useful ‘Weekly Webinar Series’ aimed at anyone from junior to masters level rowers and coxswains, to coaches and club administrators. The educational videos presented by Olympic athletes, coaches and biomechanists such as Volker Nolte, Katelin Guregian and Al Morrow cover all aspects of the sport including training, fitness, rigging, club management and more.

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Live webinars are currently available to USRowing members only, but non-members can benefit from a number of previous webinars posted on USRowing’s youtube channel (see list with links below). If you are a member of USRowing you can find instructions to register here.

Upcoming webinars from USRowing

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Marc Nowak, MS, PT, is a physical therapist who has specialized in sports medicine and rehabilitation for the past 35 years. The best in the business, Mark began treating U.S. National Team rowers in 1995 and has been responsible for managing national team athletes since 2003. He has covered the U.S. men’s and women’s teams in all world championship and Olympic events since that time. He is responsible for evaluation, treatment, management, and prevention of rowing injuries at the junior, collegiate, elite, and masters levels. His present goal is to develop training systems, which focus on injury prevention and minimize their severity, incidence, and downtime from the sport of rowing.

Marc Nowak, MS, PT, is a physical therapist who has specialized in sports medicine and rehabilitation for the past 35 years. The best in the business, Mark began treating U.S. National Team rowers in 1995 and has been responsible for managing national team athletes since 2003. He has covered the U.S. men’s and women’s teams in all world championship and Olympic events since that time. He is responsible for evaluation, treatment, management, and prevention of rowing injuries at the junior, collegiate, elite, and masters levels. His present goal is to develop training systems, which focus on injury prevention and minimize their severity, incidence, and downtime from the sport of rowing.

Saturday, May 16 @ 1:30 p.m. EDT

Sydney Edwards & George Doty – Coxing: How to Dream Big and Reach Them

Sydney Edwards & George Doty will discuss how to navigate the many obstacles during high school, junior teams, and college.

Join Olympic coxswain Katelin Guregian and Cal Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator Maggie Cheek for a coxswain conversation. We will address quarantine-specific challenges and offer some creative solutions we have found useful. Learn how to use this time to bolster your confidence, support your teammates, and continue to communicate with college coaches.

Monday, May 18 @ 7 p.m. EDT

Dr. Conny Draper – Biomechanics in Rowing

Dr. Conny Draper is one of the worlds leading sports Biomechanists focussing on rowing.

Tuesday, May 19 @ 7 p.m. EDT

Dr. Volker Nolte – Finding Rhythm

We all either rowed in a crew with “great rhythm” or know when we see such a crew. So, we know intuitively what “good rhythm” is. The trick is – as it often is – to teach it, since we know that a crew with “good rhythm” does not waste a lot of energy and normally also goes fast. So, let’s find some rhythm! Before we can “find” some rhythm, we need to know what rhythm is, how we can then objectively measure and evaluate it. This is not as simple as it sounds in the first place or there would be more crews already rowing with “good rhythm.”

Wednesday, May 20 @ 7 p.m. EDT

Laura Simon – Coaching the Coxswain

Thursday, May 21 @ Noon EDT

Tom Peszek & Kristine O’Brien – Between Two Oars. National Teamers Out of the Boat

Thursday, May 21 @ 7 p.m. EDT

Nich Lee Parker – Where’s the Speed?

Friday, May 22 @ 7 p.m. EDT

Getting Back on the Water and Opening the Boathouse

This panel will discuss the ins/outs of re-opening our boathouses. In a time where we all can’t wait to get back, we have to be responsible and patient.

Marc Nowak, MS, PT, is a physical therapist who has specialized in sports medicine and rehabilitation for the past 35 years. The best in the business, Mark began treating U.S. National Team rowers in 1995 and has been responsible for managing national team athletes since 2003. He has covered the U.S. men’s and women’s teams in all world championship and Olympic events since that time. He is responsible for evaluation, treatment, management, and prevention of rowing injuries at the junior, collegiate, elite, and masters levels. His present goal is to develop training systems, which focus on injury prevention and minimize their severity, incidence, and downtime from the sport of rowing.

Saturday, May 23 @ Noon EDT

Mark Nowak – ODP Sports Medicine Webinar Series Part 10: Final Talk

Marc Nowak, MS, PT, is a physical therapist who has specialized in sports medicine and rehabilitation for the past 35 years. The best in the business, Mark began treating U.S. National Team rowers in 1995 and has been responsible for managing national team athletes since 2003. He has covered the U.S. men’s and women’s teams in all world championship and Olympic events since that time. He is responsible for evaluation, treatment, management, and prevention of rowing injuries at the junior, collegiate, elite, and masters levels. His present goal is to develop training systems, which focus on injury prevention and minimize their severity, incidence, and downtime from the sport of rowing.